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Friday, April 3
Over 400 Russian drones detected in Ukraine's airspace during mass attack, at least 3 killed, 32 injured
The number of drones has surged throughout the morning.
Ukraine brings back 8 children from Russian-occupied territories
"Yet thousands of children remain under occupation," the NGO Save Ukraine said.
Ukraine's General Staff confirms strike on oil refinery in Russia's Ufa, targets in Russian-occupied Ukraine
"This refinery is a key component of Russia's fuel and energy complex and is used to meet the needs of the Russian military," the General Staff said.
Zelensky speaks with Pope as Russia steps up attacks instead of Easter ceasefire
"The Russians have only intensified their attacks and, instead of silence in the skies, are carrying out an Easter escalation," Zelensky said following the call.
Zelensky slams political infighting, calls for unity amid parliamentary crisis
"I support unity and want the parliament to function effectively," he said. "But today, the public position of some representatives of parliamentary factions is clearly not aimed at unity."
The Executed Renaissance: Ukraine’s cultural rebirth and its violent death
A black-and-white portrait of a well-dressed, composed family draws the eye to a figure in the left-hand corner — Antin Krushelnytsky, the family’s patriarch, and a writer, educator, and former minister of education of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. Likely taken in Kharkiv in the early 1930s, the photograph captures a moment of cultural rebirth for Ukraine. Krushelnytsky and his family were part of a generation of writers, artists, and intellectuals who believed Ukrainian culture could devel
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When evaluating military technology, it helps to distinguish between two domains: the industrial and the battlefield. Rheinmetall is unquestionably a large company that produces effective weapons systems that actually work on the battlefield. This is a fact that does not require emotional amplification or denial. But those two domains carry different kinds of authority, and conflating them leads to poor analysis. The statement by Rheinmetall's CEO, Armin Papperger, about Ukrainian drones goes
